An investigator working for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia">Georgia</a>&#8216;s Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a> accidentally shot and wounded herself with a firearm, according to authorities.
The Fulton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href="https://twitter.com/FultonSheriff/status/1705226021018951711">said</a> on Friday it was gathering information on a &#8220;shooting incident&#8221; at the Fulton County Courthouse and that there was no active threat.
A follow-up post to X said the shooting was &#8220;an accidental discharge&#8221; by a Fulton County District Attorney’s Office investigator.
The investigator — who was not publicly identified — &#8220;wounded herself,&#8221; but she was &#8220;not critically wounded,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office <a href="https://twitter.com/FultonSheriff/status/1705231240536678763">added</a>.
Authorities said the woman had shot herself in the leg, and a deputy provided her aid until paramedics arrived on the scene, <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-fulton-county-da-investigator-shoots-self-at-courthouse/4TFXZJ7CT5ECZB3RJFZRC6QBUQ/">according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>.
Willis and her office have drawn increased attention with a high-profile inquiry into former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>.
Trump and 18 allies, accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 election, were indicted last month as part of the years-long investigation.
The former president was arrested and booked at the Fulton County Jail, after which Trump was released on a $200,000 bond, and a mugshot was disclosed.
Trump and his co-defendants have pleaded not guilty in the RICO case, and the trials could get underway during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trumps-trial-schedule-lines-up-with-the-2024-election-calendar">heart of the 2024 election cycle</a>.
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The former president is facing indictments in three other criminal cases as he runs a 2024 campaign seeking a second term in the White House, including a 2020 election case and a separate documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. He is also contending with a hush-money case in New York.
Trump has broadly denied any wrongdoing and claims that politically motivated prosecutors are conducting a “witch hunt” against him.
Willis, a Democrat, took office in early 2021 after <a href="https://www.wabe.org/a-conversation-with-fulton-countys-new-district-attorney-fani-willis/">winning</a> an election for the office in the preceding November.
When she delivered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj2Lonk2Qz4">remarks</a> after the Trump indictment in August while flanked by prosecutors and investigators, Willis touted how her office had already indicted more than 12,000 cases during her tenure — including ten prior RICO indictments.
&#8220;We followed the same process: we look at the facts, we look at the law, and we bring charges,&#8221; Willis added.

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma</a> man who authorities said faked his death in a kayaking accident last month to dodge child rape charges in North Carolina was captured on Sunday after a weekend police chase and motorcycle crash in Georgia.
Melvin Emde — a 41-year-old Talihina, Oklahoma, resident — had been reported missing by his son on August 7 after authorities were told at the time that he drowned in the Mississippi River during a kayaking and fishing trip, according to a news release <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/missing-kayaker-arrested-in-georgia-after-faking-his-own-death/45204163#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by local media.
The bogus accident prompted authorities to launch a search and rescue operation that spanned two days and used divers, sonar, and a small boat &#8212; but officers never found Emde&#8217;s body.
Emde was scheduled to appear in court the day he went missing for charges of &#8220;indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child&#8221; in North Carolina.
&#8220;We immediately became quite suspicious that this may have been a faked accidental drowning and death in order for Mr. Emde to escape charges in Brunswick County, North Carolina,&#8221; St Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne reportedly said. &#8220;However, we could not publicly expose our suspicions for fear of tipping him off.&#8221;
&#8220;So, we just kind of left it as a missing person&#8217;s report, another person who just drowned in the river, and his body didn&#8217;t appear,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12536303/kayaker-Emde-FAKING-drowning-Mississippi-child-rape.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;It sounds like a pretty good concoction that they came up with, but like most of those, they don&#8217;t work.&#8221;
After learning about the allegations against Emde, authorities <a href="https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/suspect-in-north-carolina-child-rape-caught-weeks-18376436.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> worked with detectives in North Carolina who said he had been wearing an ankle monitor while out on bail. They discovered he had purchased two prepaid cell phones at a Walmart in Boutte, Louisiana.
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U.S. Marshals helped track the phones and learned Emde had only turned on one of the cellular devices to use it briefly.
Authorities eventually located Emde on Sunday in Georgia after a Highway Patrol officer attempted to stop a motorcycle for driving without a license plate around 3:30 a.m.
Champagne said Emde fled the scene until he eventually crashed the motorcycle and attempted to escape on foot, but authorities ultimately captured him. Champagne said Emde then gave officers a false name, but a fingerprint scan revealed his true identity.
He now faces charges in Louisiana for having wasted police time in addition to his child rape allegations in North Carolina. Prosecutors have not filed charges against Emde&#8217;s son, but authorities reportedly said the investigation is ongoing.
&#8220;Basically, filing false reports, which we refer to as injuring public record in Louisiana, which is a felony,&#8221; said Champagne. &#8220;Obviously, he&#8217;s got more serious things to deal with.&#8221;
&#8220;Now it&#8217;s time for Mr. Emde to face the music for his charges in North Carolina,&#8221; he added.

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Former Attorney General Edwin Meese slammed the prosecution of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> as a historic “affront” to federal constitutional authority.
Meese, 91, who headed up the DOJ under Ronald Reagan, <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/major-affront-to-federal-supremacy-in-rico-case-reagan-era-attorney-general-goes-to-bat-for-doj-lawyer-trump-enlisted-to-help-overturn-2020-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">condemned</a> the prosecution of Trump and Clark in a declarative filing to U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, saying that the case made by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was unprecedented. Jones has been overseeing challenges to the prosecution of Trump and his allies for their alleged crimes in Georgia after the 2020 election. 
“I am not aware of any state criminal prosecution ever being brought against a President and a senior Justice Department official like Mr. Clark for their privileged and confidential discussions of whether and how to assert federal law enforcement authority other than this new State of Georgia v. Trump, et al. Indictment,” Meese <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.319419/gov.uscourts.gand.319419.48.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> last week. 
“The prosecution of the President and [Clark] is a major affront to federal supremacy never before seen in the history of our country. If the premise of this prosecution were to be accepted, then state law enforcement officials could arrest local U.S. Attorneys and their Assistants while they were deliberating over whether and/or how to approach a possible prosecution of state or local officials,” he added. 
Meese was referring the the “Supremacy Clause” of the Constitution, which <a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that the Constitution and subsequent laws passed under the authority of the U.S. “shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
The filing pointed back to the Civil Rights era, when state and federal authorities conflicted over civil rights legislation. Meese said that, under Fulton County’s interpretation, state or local authorities could “enter the Oval Office and arrest the President and his Attorney General during their deliberations over whether and to what extent to assert federal law enforcement powers against state or local officials.”
“Not even George Wallace or Orval Faubus, during the heights of the heated civil rights-era disputes, were willing to go that far against President Kennedy and his Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy,” Meese wrote. 
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Clark is <a href="https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/08/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT-Trump-Fulton-County-GA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and one count of criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings. The charges stem from when Clark was at the DOJ and he drafted a document he hoped to send to Georgia officials saying that the DOJ had “identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia.”
Clark has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-election-indictment-jeffrey-clark-4c7a2dfaa096033940d617bd2b7f1c88" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that he was acting within his official duties, but has been accused of promoting false statements. He says he and officials at the DOJ disagreed over the 2020 election. Meese agreed with Clark, saying that he was acting within his official prerogatives.

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A producer for ABC said a judge&#8217;s ruling that severed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s trial in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia">Georgia</a> 2020 election case from that of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wont-stand-trial-in-october-over-alleged-2020-georgia-election-interference-judge-rules">two co-defendants</a> is a &#8220;big win&#8221; for the former president.
John Stantucci, executive editorial producer for ABC News, said on Thursday the ruling was &#8220;bad&#8221; news for Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, who <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4202401-willis-insists-trump-georgia-defendants-be-tried-together-despite-deeps-doubts/">sought</a> to have Trump and 18 others tried together in October.
&#8220;Fani Willis wasn&#8217;t there, but you gotta imagine, Diane, she&#8217;s throwing things against the wall based on this hearing,&#8221; Stantucci told the host. Having a &#8220;show this fall&#8221; followed by a &#8220;repeat performance next spring&#8221; makes it &#8220;incredibly difficult for prosecutors,&#8221; he added.
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&#8220;A great win for Donald Trump and others that did not want to be part of this speedy trial case,&#8221; Stantucci continued. &#8220;I can tell you, sitting here with you, just texting with some of the attorneys involved in the other defendants — celebrating, &#8216;Yay, victory.&#8217; This is everything they wanted — was to take more time and slow this down.&#8221;
The producer said an &#8220;interesting&#8221; takeaway from the hearing with Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Thursday was the <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/georgia-hearing-chesebro/2023/09/14/id/1134466/">agreement</a> to reveal 30 unindicted co-conspirators to the legal teams representing Trump and the other defendants.
&#8220;It&#8217;s fascinating that you then saw prosecutors jump in, [saying], &#8216;Whoa whoa, wait a second. If you&#8217;re going to share this with everybody, give a <a href="https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1702322986366500953">protective order</a>,'&#8221; Stantucci. &#8220;It&#8217;s duplicative to what we&#8217;ve seen in the other cases of the former president.&#8221;
The concern, Stantucci added, is the prospect of witness intimidation. &#8220;This case is obviously high-pressure, high-intensity, but just to see real quickly there even though the DA clearly lost,&#8221; prosecutors sought to ensure that identities would be protected, he said.
Trump and his co-defendants, who are accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 election, have pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case. Trump has similarly denied wrongdoing in three other criminal cases, including a 2020 election case and separate documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. The former president claims <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-da-responds-to-trump-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">politically motivated forces</a> are targeting him in a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; as he runs a 2024 campaign for another term in the White House.

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> won’t have to stand trial in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> next month over his alleged 2020 presidential election interference after the judge overseeing the case separated two co-defendants in the case from the trial of Trump and 16 others. 
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-severs-17-defendants-including-trump-oct-23/story?id=103185589">pushed</a> for an October 23 start date for Trump and his 18 co-defendants, but Judge Scott McAfee said that rushing the trial could jeopardize the rights of each defendant. Trump&#8217;s trial will take place at a later, undetermined date. 
&#8220;The precarious ability of the Court to safeguard each defendant&#8217;s due process rights and preparation ensure adequate pretrial preparation on the current accelerated track weighs heavily, if not decisively, in favor of severance,&#8221; McAfee ordered. 
Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, lawyers who worked with Trump following the presidential election in Georgia, will go to court on October 23 after McAfee ruled to sever their trials. Chesebro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/key-takeaways-from-trump-being-indicted-in-expansive-georgia-rico-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces</a> seven charges, including two counts of first degree ​​conspiracy to commit forgery and two counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings. Powell also faces seven charges, including two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. 
According to McAfee, there would be logistical problems with trying all 19 defendants at the same time, which Willis had wanted.
“The Fulton County Courthouse simply contains no courtroom adequately large enough to hold all 19 defendants, their multiple attorneys and support staff, the sheriff’s deputies, court personnel, and the State’s prosecutorial team,”  he said. 
The 19 co-defendants are facing a variety of charges, but all are charged with taking part in an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results under Georgia’s version of the federal RICO statute, an anti-racketeering law constructed to take down the mafia and other organized criminal enterprises.
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Trump has pled not guilty to the 13 charges he is facing, and has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-files-motions-dismiss-charges-georgia-case-rcna104538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> that charges be thrown out, arguing that his actions were outside of the state’s authority to prosecute. 
The former president, and current Republican presidential primary frontrunner, has said that the charges in Georgia, like the others he faces in New York, Florida, and Washington, D.C., are politically motivated. After his arrest in Fulton County, Trump maintained his innocence, saying that his actions in Georgia were within his rights. 
“We did nothing wrong at all,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-makes-statement-after-arrest-in-fulton-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And we have every right every single right to challenge an election that we think is dishonest. We think it’s very dishonest. So thank you all very much and I’ll see you very soon. Thank you very much.”

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Trump Won’t Stand Trial In October Over Alleged 2020 Georgia Election Interference, Judge Rules

Georgia Republican Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a> declared a state of emergency over inflation on Tuesday and suspended the gas tax in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a>, saying federal spending and energy policies were to blame for high fuel prices. 
Kemp, who previously suspended the gas tax in the Peach State from March to December 2022, issued the emergency executive order as gas prices <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/august-cpi-report-inflation-slowdown-85936a0a#:~:text=Americans%20paid%20more%20at%20the,energy%2Ddata%20and%20analytics%20provider." target="_blank" rel="noopener">jumped</a> more than 10% higher in August from July. This was the highest month-to-month jump in over a year, according to the Wall Street Journal. 
&#8220;From runaway federal spending to policies that hamstring domestic energy production, all Bidenomics has done is take more money out of the pockets of the middle class,” Kemp <a href="https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-09-12/gov-kemp-announces-gas-tax-suspension-georgians-face-sustained-inflation#main-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “While high prices continue to hit family budgets, hardworking Georgians deserve real relief and that&#8217;s why I signed an executive order today to deliver it directly to them at the pump. Working with partners in the General Assembly, we&#8217;ll continue to help Georgians weather the economic headwinds caused by this president, his administration, and their allies in Congress.&#8221;
A gallon of regular gas in Georgia, on average, costs about $3.56, up from the $3.23 a gallon cost one year ago. A gallon of diesel, on average, costs about $4.36, down from last year’s costs of $4.68, <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=GA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to AAA.
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Gas prices have in part risen from production cuts from Saudi Arabia and the continuing war in Ukraine, but some critics have said that the Biden administration&#8217;s energy policies, which have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/war-on-alaska-biden-admin-cancels-alaskan-oil-and-gas-leases-bans-drilling-on-millions-of-acres" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focused on</a> scrapping drilling and pushing green alternatives, have contributed to higher costs as well. 
According to Kemp’s office, the tax suspension will save drivers 31.2 cents per gallon on regular gasoline and 35 cents per gallon on diesel fuel. 
&#8220;I applaud Governor Kemp’s suspension of motor fuel taxes to keep our people and our economy moving despite Washington’s inaction on rising fuel prices,” said Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R). “Georgia’s success story is no accident – it is the result of conservative policies enacted to keep Georgia the nation’s best state for business.”
Kemp’s executive order, effective from Wednesday until October 12, said, &#8220;rampant inflation is negatively impacting Georgia’s economy and the social and economic wellbeing of its residents.”
Statistics from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidenflation-consumer-price-index-jumps-up-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> on Wednesday after Kemp’s announcement indicate the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6% in August, rising 3.7% over the last 12 months.

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Todd and Julie Chrisley, the former stars of the reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best,” have had their prison sentences reduced.
The couple was initially sentenced to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-stars-todd-and-julie-chrisley-sentenced-to-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a combined 19 years</a> in prison, with Todd sentenced to 12 years for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Julie received a seven-year sentence for the same charges plus an additional charge each of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
But on September 8, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Todd’s sentence had been reduced by two years and Julie’s had been reduced by 14 months, Today <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/news/why-are-todd-julie-chrisley-in-prison-rcna104167" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
It is not uncommon for prisoners to be released early for good behavior, so the new, earlier release dates likely reflect that contingency.
In July, the Chrisley’s children <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/todd-and-julie-chrisleys-kids-describe-parents-prison-nightmare-including-venomous-snakes-black-mold-and-no-air-conditioning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the “inhumane conditions” at the prisons where their parents are being held.
“They both have no air. No air conditioning … They’re both in states where it gets 100-plus degrees. And there’s no air conditioning,” Chase Chrisley said.
The couple’s daughter, Savannah, claimed their mom had seen venomous snakes in her cell.
“No s***….I don’t care if you killed somebody, if you’re in a government facility, you should have air conditioning. Like that’s just ridiculous,” Chase said.
“Air conditioning is the least of it. Whenever you’ve got black mold, asbestos, lead-based paint, snakes,” Savannah responded.
Savannah added, “It is prison, so we’re not gonna sit here and act like it should be the Four Seasons.”
The Chrisleys <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-tv-stars-todd-and-julie-chrisley-start-prison-sentences" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported to prison</a> in January, following their sentencing last November.
Todd Chrisley made a fortune through Chrisley Asset Management, a real estate company he founded in Georgia, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reality-bites-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-chrisley-family-empire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The success of the business, combined with Todd’s personality and large family, made him a perfect candidate for reality TV, which led to “Chrisley Knows Best.”
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Even before the Chrisleys began their reality show in 2014, they had financial problems. In 2012, Todd filed for bankruptcy protection. Explaining the filing, his lawyer <a href="https://people.com/tv/chrisley-knows-best-inside-todd-chrisleys-45-million-bankruptcy-case/#:~:text=After%20a%20large%20business%20investment,have%20been%20fine%2C%20financially.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told People</a>, “He guaranteed a real estate development loan and it failed. He was on the hook for $30 million. If he hadn’t had that happen, he would have been fine, financially.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ), however, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/reality-tv-stars-convicted-fraud-and-tax-evasion?ftag=YHF4eb9d17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that the Chrisleys — prior to their reality show — “conspired to defraud community banks in the Atlanta area to obtain more than $30 million in personal loans.”
With the help of a business partner, <a href="https://popculture.com/reality-tv/news/todd-chrisley-ex-business-partner-mark-braddock-claims-had-affair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Braddock</a>, the Chrisleys “submitted false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to banks to obtain the millions of dollars in fraudulent loans,” the DOJ wrote.
In 2017, the couple’s problems expanded. WSB-TV <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-fulton-county/state-issues-liens-against-reality-star-after-channel-2-investigation/505362349/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time that the Chrisleys owed nearly $800,000 in taxes to the state of Georgia and had declared their residency on numerous public records before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016.
In 2018, Todd sued Homebanc Mortgage Corporation, Radar Online <a href="https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/08/todd-chrisley-blamed-business-partner-morgage-forgery-before-indictment-scandal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, alleging a “former business partner” forged Todd’s name on the mortgage and made some payments on his behalf. Todd also claimed that the same business partner was the reason he had to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012.
In 2019, the Chrisleys were indicted. After a three-week trial in 2022, the couple was convicted.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> grand jury recommended charges against 39 people, including several high-profile Republicans, alongside former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> in a sweeping racketeering case over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
An Atlanta judge released the 28-page grand jury <a href="https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/2165/EX-PARTE-FILING-9-8-2023?bidId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on Friday that showed a host of people, including one sitting and two former U.S. senators, that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to charge. One person, Michael Roman, did not appear on the grand jury list but was charged in the racketeering case, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-georgia-indictment-09-08-23/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.
The grand jury had recommended charging 21 people who were ultimately not charged, including former Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Willis’ indictment filed last month named 19 people, including Trump.
The 19 co-defendants are facing a variety of charges, but all are charged with taking part in an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results under Georgia’s version of the federal RICO statute, an anti-racketeering law constructed to take down the mafia and other organized criminal enterprises.
All of those named in Willis’ indictment have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/trump-georgia-mark-meadows/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded</a> not guilty. Willis has said she wants to try the case all at once, though some of the defendants are pushing back, either to have their cases expedited or moved to a different venue.
Five of the defendants, including Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/meadows-trump-plea-arraignment-georgia-election-trial-c333005e5dbfaaa833ac8730dfb27097" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seeking</a> to have their cases moved to federal court. Meadows is facing two charges: violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law and soliciting a public official to violate their oath.
Attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have filed requests to expedite their cases, so they could face trial as early as November.
Trump was booked at the Fulton County Jail last month and took a mugshot in an unprecedented moment for a former president of the United States. Trump’s 2024 campaign immediately capitalized on the photo, selling mugshot merchandise and using the image to bolster his claims of election interference and political prosecution.
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The Willis indictment was the fourth in as many months that state and federal prosecutors had brought against Trump personally. The former president has maintained his innocence against all charges, accusing the prosecutors of targeting him for political reasons.
The indictments have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-blasts-lawsuit-to-bar-candidate-from-co-ballot-absurd-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fueled</a> a push to have Trump’s name removed from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment, which bars former elected officials from running for office again after they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” Trump’s campaign has denounced the push as an “absurd conspiracy theory.”

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger believes invoking the 14th Amendment to prevent former President Donald Trump from seeking a second term in the White House would only reinforce voter grievances about the U.S. election process.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/efforts-to-remove-trump-from-2024-ballot-using-14th-amendment-ramp-up-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Efforts to remove Trump</a> from state ballots in the 2024 presidential election are ramping up nationwide after critics argued the leading Republican contender is constitutionally disqualified from serving as president for allegedly engaging in &#8220;insurrection&#8221; against the United States.
Opponents across the political spectrum of the former president argue that under the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s 14th Amendment, Trump is barred from holding office ever again after the January 6 Capitol breach.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-blasts-lawsuit-to-bar-candidate-from-co-ballot-absurd-conspiracy-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> on Wednesday to remove Trump from the ballot in Colorado under the 14th Amendment, accusing the former president of violating Section 3, which bars anyone from running for office who had previously taken an oath of office, then &#8220;engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.&#8221;
But in an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-cant-keep-trump-off-the-ballot-georgia-sec-state-14th-amendment-c1017ede" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> to The Wall Street Journal published Wednesday, Raffensperger pushed back against such efforts, arguing that &#8220;grievances of those who see the system as rigged and corrupt&#8221; would only be exacerbated if a secretary of state removed a candidate from a state ballot and &#8220;erode the belief in our uniquely American representative democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;Denying voters the opportunity to choose is fundamentally un-American,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Since our founding, Americans have believed that a government is just when it has earned the consent of the governed. Taking away the ability to choose—or object to—the eligibility of candidates eliminates that consent for slightly less than half of the country.&#8221;
Raffensberger and Trump became embroiled in a controversy after the 2020 presidential election after The Washington Post released a phone conversation between the two officials where the president reportedly &#8220;pressured&#8221; the official to &#8220;find&#8221; the votes necessary for him to win the state.
However, the Georgia official still argues disqualifying a candidate under such a measure is the &#8220;newest way of attempting to short-circuit the ballot box&#8221; and that the outcome should be determined by the American people who vote in the primaries and the general election.
&#8220;Since 2018, Georgia has seen losing candidates and their lawyers try to sue their way to victory. It doesn&#8217;t work,&#8221; Raffensperger said. &#8220;Stacey Abrams&#8217;s claims of election mismanagement following the 2018 election were rejected in court, as were Mr. Trump&#8217;s after the 2020 election.&#8221;
The Trump campaign called a lawsuit seeking to ban the former president from the ballot in Colorado a political attack based on an &#8220;absurd conspiracy theory.&#8221;
&#8220;The people who are pursuing this absurd conspiracy theory and political attack on President Trump are stretching the law beyond recognition,&#8221; campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told ABC News in a statement. &#8220;There is no legal basis for this effort except in the minds of those who are pushing it.&#8221;

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On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia&#8217;s</a> Attorney General Chris Carr announced the indictment of 61 alleged &#8220;militant anarchists&#8221; under Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. That indictment was handed down last week by the same Fulton County Grand Jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants on RICO charges.
The charges stem from alleged radical actions taken by anti-police actors connected with the &#8220;Stop Cop City&#8221; movement that occurred between 2020 and 2022, according to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. As The Daily Wire previously reported, far-Left environmental protesters coalesced in response to the 2021 announcement of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center — a first responder and police training facility that received millions in taxpayer funding and is being built on nearly 400 acres of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-left-wing-protesters-targeting-planned-georgia-police-center-charged-with-domestic-terrorism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weelaunee Forest</a>. Since then, individuals connected to the &#8220;Stop Cop City&#8221; movement have been accused of participating in riots, vandalizing cop cars, and committing unruly actions as part of their opposition to the training facility.
According to Carr, these individuals have been conspiring to commit violence in the pursuit of anarchy since the summer of 2020, following the death of George Floyd. Yet, he said these alleged &#8220;anti-government anarchists in Atlanta recognized an opportunity to rally against law enforcement&#8221; and changed course following the 2021 announcement of the police training facility. Most of those charged in the indictment are from out of state.
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) announces that a grand jury has returned indictments for 61 people on racketeering charges following a state investigation into protests against a controversial police and training facility near Atlanta that critics call “Cop City.” <a href="https://t.co/q4EBoR5cxO">pic.twitter.com/q4EBoR5cxO</a>
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In March 2023, 35 individuals were arrested for attacking construction equipment set to be used to build the facility.
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More footage of the group of violent agitators used the cover of a peaceful protest of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. <a href="https://t.co/ewtDRf130G">pic.twitter.com/ewtDRf130G</a>
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Yesterday in Atlanta, during the stop cop city riot. Anarchists throw rocks at a burning tractor.<a href="https://t.co/UUUwQvQu4Z">pic.twitter.com/UUUwQvQu4Z</a>
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A similar chaotic event broke out in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-left-wing-protesters-targeting-planned-georgia-police-center-charged-with-domestic-terrorism">December 2022</a>. Officials at the time pleaded with opponents of the plan to use legal recourse.
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“The discourse of opposition is in city halls, it is in the public square, it is on the sidewalks. That is where you note your displeasure or your disagreement,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at the time. “It is not in Molotov cocktails. It is not in shooting fireworks at firefighters. … It is not throwing rocks at our squad cars. That is criminal activity. The reason that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are investigating this is because this isn’t a protest. This is terrorism.”
In January 2022, black-clad protesters also torched vehicles and vandalized buildings after an anti-police activist was <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-riots-timeline-stop-cop-city-movement-apd-training-facility">killed</a> by authorities.
In response to last week&#8217;s indictment, the Cop City Vote Coalition released a statement accusing Carr of assaulting &#8220;the broader movement for racial justice and equity.&#8221;
&#8220;Carr’s actions are a part of a retaliatory pattern of prosecutions against organizers nationwide that attack the right to protest and freedom of speech,&#8221; the group <a href="https://capitol-beat.org/2023/09/protesters-of-atlantas-cop-city-training-center-indicted-on-rico-charges/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCarr's%20actions%20are%20part%20of,or%20the%20attorney%20general's%20office.%E2%80%9D">said</a>.
&#8220;The Cop City Vote coalition strongly condemns these anti-democratic charges,&#8221; the Cop City Vote Coalition added. &#8220;We will not be intimidated by power-hungry strongmen, whether in City Hall or the Attorney General’s office. Chris Carr may try to use his prosecutors and power to build his gubernatorial campaign and silence free speech, but his threats will not silence our commitment to standing up for our future, our community, and our city.&#8221;
After Carr&#8217;s announcement, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that &#8220;the same Fulton County grand jury that handed up indictments against Trump and his codefendants also handed up these indictments involving the efforts by activists to block the Atlanta public safety center.&#8221; 
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/ajc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ajc</a> has confirmed that the same Fulton County grand jury that handed up indictments against Trump and his codefendants also handed up these indictments involving the efforts by activists to block the Atlanta public safety center: <a href="https://t.co/dWvr6WQR4g">https://t.co/dWvr6WQR4g</a>
&mdash; Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1699077628257558721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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ATLANTA, USA – JANUARY 21: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an Atlanta police vehicle was set on fire during a “Stop cop city” protest in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on January 21, 2023. Multiple buildings were vandalized and an Atlanta police vehicle was set on fire as multiple arrests were made.

61 ‘Militant Anarchists’ Charged Under Georgia’s RICO Law — By Same Grand Jury That Indicted Trump

61 'Militant Anarchists' Charged Under Georgia's RICO Law — By Same Grand Jury That Indicted Trump

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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and five other co-defendants named in the sweeping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-trump-staffer-mark-meadows-asks-judge-to-block-arrest-in-georgia-election-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia racketeering indictment</a> reportedly pleaded not guilty Tuesday and waived their in-person arraignment set for tomorrow.
&#8220;I fully understand the nature of the offenses charged and my right to appear at arraignment,&#8221; Meadows <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4187466-mark-meadows-pleads-not-guilty-in-georgia-election-interference-case-waives-arraignment/">wrote</a> in the court filing reported by The Hill. &#8220;Understanding my rights, I do hereby freely and voluntarily waive my right to be present at my arraignment on the Indictment and my right to have it read to me in open court.&#8221;
Meadows and 18 other co-defendants are named in former President Donald Trump&#8217;s fourth indictment following a criminal investigation into the former president&#8217;s alleged efforts to overturn the state&#8217;s 2020 presidential election results.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pursued charging the individuals under Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which allows prosecutors to connect various crimes committed by multiple defendants and argue that they were working together toward a criminal goal — and were, therefore, part of a &#8220;criminal enterprise.&#8221;
Trump has broadly denied any wrongdoing and has claimed politically motivated forces are targeting him in a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; propagated by the Biden administration and Democrat prosecutors in New York and Georgia.
Attorney John Eastman, ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, Shawn Still, David Shafer, the former Georgia GOP chair, and Cathy Latham, a member of the Georgia Republican Party&#8217;s executive committee, also pleaded not guilty, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/mark-meadows-5-defendants-georgia-election-case-plead/story?id=102928940">according</a> to ABC News.
Clark&#8217;s attorney reportedly said in a filing that the charges against his client were an &#8220;unconstitutional attempt, as to Mr. Clark, to penetrate into the sanctums of the superior federal government&#8217;s Justice Department, as well as of the Office of the President of the United States at the White House.&#8221;
&#8220;The Indictment is also an unconstitutional affront to the powers of the President, who is the sole head of the unitary executive branch,&#8221; Clark&#8217;s filing states.
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Clark and Meadows are two of five defendants requesting to move their cases from state court into federal court.
All but one of the 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, named in the indictment have now pleaded not guilty in the case and waived their in-person arraignment.
According to reports, former Coffee County elections director Misty Hampton still has not entered a plea.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set the date of September 6 for all 19 defendants to be arraigned on charges and enter their pleas in the case.

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Four inmates being held at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia, have died within the span of a month.
Samuel Lawrence, 34, who was being held in the jail on a second-degree arson charge, was found unresponsive in his cell in the early morning hours on Saturday and was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in <a href="https://fcsoga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FCSO-News-Release-Inmate-Dies-After-Being-Taken-to-Grady-Memorial-Hospital-8.30.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a> that the Atlanta Police Department would conduct a death investigation and the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office will “perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.”
Lawrence is the fourth inmate to die within a month, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-death-fulton-county-investigation-a33d11aa8d382c0eedf3fafd539e4a81" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Alexander Hawkins, 66; Christopher Smith, 34; and Montay Stinson, 40, have also died while housed at the jail.
Alexander Hawkins was found unresponsive in his medical unit cell on August 14, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-death-fulton-county-investigation-448524619ef478f874e377022de441a1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time. Medical personnel attempted to revive him but were unable to. He was being held in the prison on a shoplifting charge.
Christopher Smith was also found unresponsive in a medical unit cell. Like Lawrence, he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. He was being held on several unspecified felony and misdemeanor charges, the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-inmate-death-adc3597cbe3c7f2c62a7da72e42c2cfc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Montay Stinson reportedly had no obvious signs of injury when he was found unresponsive in his cell (it is not believed the others had injuries either). Medical personnel were unable to revive him.
In July, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Fulton County jail’s conditions, following the death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson last year. Thompson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheriff-responds-to-familys-claim-loved-one-was-eaten-alive-by-bed-bugs-at-atlanta-jail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> on June 12, 2022, for a misdemeanor simple battery charge. He was sent to Fulton County Jail and placed in the psychiatric wing because he had mental health issues. Three months later, on September 19, Thompson “was found dead in a filthy jail cell after being eaten alive by insects and bed bugs,” family attorney Michael Harper said in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mharperlaw/posts/pfbid0Yj73vxwdeVdDT4nqYxAApLQUUSivpUbvR32S9TgEmx9nsMmtgz7b229qfzujGwt3l" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a> on Facebook (WARNING: disturbing images).
Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted on July 30 to approve a mediated settlement of $4 million to Thompson’s family, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/family-of-schizophrenic-man-eaten-alive-by-bed-bugs-in-jail-cell-agrees-to-4-million-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Harper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-says-atlanta-inmate-was-eaten-alive-by-bed-bugs-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in his Facebook post that jail records show that officials at the facility, as well as medical staff, “noticed that Mr. Thompson was deteriorating, but did nothing to administer aid to him or to help him.”
“They literally watched his health decline until he died,” Harper added. “When his body was found one of the detention officers refused to administer CPR because, in her words, she ‘freaked out.’”
First responders attempted to save Thompson’s life, but were unsuccessful, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/13/atlanta-man-eaten-alive-bed-bugs-fulton-county-jail-claim/11657232002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Harper described the cell where Thompson was kept as “not fit for a diseased animal.”
The Fulton County jail is also where former President Donald Trump and 18 others last week surrendered for booking on charges relating to their questioning of the 2020 election.

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